A person who tried to flee to Canada through Dubai, United Arab Emirates, using a forged Canadian visa, was arrested by a group of officers of the Immigration and Emigration Border Checking Unit at the departure terminal of Katunayake Airport on the night of August 23.
He is a 32-year-old resident of Piliyandala who had travelled abroad several times. He arrived at the Katunayake airport on August 23 at 6.25 pm to board a SriLankan Airlines flight to Dubai.
The airline officials, who had become suspicious of the Canadian visa he had presented at the SriLankan Airlines counter to carry out the airline clearance, had taken steps to handover the person and all the documents he had presented to Immigration and Border Checking Unit officials.
During technological checks conducted, it was confirmed that this visa had been fraudulently prepared and Immigration officers questioned him further. It had been revealed then, that this visa had been obtained by giving Rs. 4.5 million to a broker.
At that time, the airport liaison officer of the Canadian Embassy in Sri Lanka was also present at the place, and after examining the visa, he confirmed that it was a fake visa prepared in a fraudulent manner.
Subsequently, this person had been arrested by immigration officials and handed over to the Katunayake Airport Criminal Investigation Department officials for further investigations.
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